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hand tool box hand tool box hand tool box Click the pictures to enlarge them

you guys are to thank for this seeing all the wonderful craftsmen here and the ingenious ideals
ive been wanting to do this for years ,so from the bottom of my tool box Thanks Lumberjocks for the inspiration well this took more of my thinking side than i first reconed oh yea its a box ,two doors & a drawer
but then i had to figure in the tool placement space and then hangers (temorary wood screws for most untill time pemits)
wood- spalted maple (bearly saved)
texture-stanley scrub # 40
stain -mix and match
drawer- dovetailed ( on the fly & in under 6 hours wha-hoo) thought its nothing as good as that hickory box some days ago ,making progress though
any way i hope you guys are happy with yourselves

-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's


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GaryK

8404 posts in 431 days


posted 236 days ago

Very cool! Nice tool placement! You should get a lot of use out of it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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CedarFreakCarl

319 posts in 496 days


posted 236 days ago

Love your “saw keepers”! Nice…...

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

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mrtrim

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posted 236 days ago

very well done , well laid out . great work

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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YooperCasey

58 posts in 276 days


posted 236 days ago

Very nice, how did you finish the project?

I’ve got a bit of spalted maple and I would like to make it stand out proud.

-- Casey, Engineer, Escanaba, MI

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Tomcat1066

556 posts in 239 days


posted 236 days ago

Very nicely done! I’m just plain jealous. Your choice of wood made a huge difference, that’s for sure!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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rikkor

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posted 236 days ago

Great tool organizer.

-- Maplewood, MN

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TomFran

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posted 236 days ago

Real nice! Way to go – we’re proud of ya!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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Karson

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posted 236 days ago

Great tool chest. nice job and great wood selection.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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frank

1333 posts in 649 days


posted 236 days ago

Hello oicurn2it2;
—-this is one great, ’keeper of the tools ’ and hand tools at that!
Makes one wonder why they think they need those corded and battery powered tools when there are boxes such as this to feel up. I’ve often thought about just what would be the minimum number of tools that it takes to build with wood….that answer would stagger the minds of many in todays woodworking world….any-ways this is your ’hand tool box ’ post, so I should shut up and give you your ’justified honor ’ on the great construction and all those wonder-full hand tools you have there!

I truly love this box, and the wood species is something to be proud of, and great ‘wood joinery’ even if on the fly. I would have to say that unless one knows how to do ‘wood joinery’ on the fly….what use is it anyways….!

Thanks for sharing this project with us here at LJ, and again….,

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

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CharlieM1958

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posted 236 days ago

Great organizer! Love that spalted maple, too!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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dustynewt

323 posts in 305 days


posted 236 days ago

Awesome box my friend. One day I will be so organized. My shop is a mess.

-- http://dustynewt.webs.com/

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RobS

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posted 236 days ago

Very nice indeed, may I ask the titles and authors of the two books? I can almost make out one of them.

Thanks.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Todd A. Clippinger

2528 posts in 542 days


posted 236 days ago

Brother LJ, I just LOVE your work. But your blurry pictures are holding out on the visual fullness of your marvelous labors in the wood medium

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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MsDebbieP

11555 posts in 603 days


posted 235 days ago

wonderful choice of wood, I think, for your this hand tool storage.
It definitely has been made for your tools. Well done

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Blake

1874 posts in 317 days


posted 235 days ago

You really did a nice job. That will be a beautiful addition to your shop.

-- Dust collectors suck.

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TreeBones

1378 posts in 466 days


posted 235 days ago

This is a great site to get the motivation going. Nice job, lucky tools.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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oicurn2it2

74 posts in 281 days


posted 235 days ago

thanks all quite a comliment ,
yooper>just 3 coats of lacquer for now..
RobS>the two books are , The Workbench Book by Scott Landis & The Workbench Lon Schleining . and i highly recomend both
Todd A> so true and my apologies about the shots ,a new camera is on the list thanks again to LJ .

-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's

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Dorje

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posted 235 days ago

Ahhh – just what you needed! Nice layout.

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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EdC

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posted 233 days ago

Very nice
Now by the looks of it if you buy another plane you’ll have a valid reason to build aother one of those ol’ wooden boxes.
Great choice of wood. You made a fantastic choice on the finish.

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

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Dadoo

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posted 232 days ago

I like your work. You’ve turned out some really unique pieces of work. I’ll be adding you to my buds list so I can follow more closely. My job takes me away from my computer sometimes for days, and even then I just don’t have the time to sit down and surf the site. Here today I just happened to stumble upon this new addition of yours. Cool idea. Today I think I’ll start on mine.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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